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ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… remembered carries political significance. Colonial and Apartheid -era historians used particular interpretations of … that the concept had been constructed…
EventTranskei announces plans to unban ANC and PAC
… of this homeland. Moreover, because the Transkei was an Apartheid structure used to undermine and suppress opposition against Apartheid government, it…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… Party' – Afrikaner 'Dirty Party' basis. Thereafter, racist legislation made its appearance. Hospitals became segregated, … District into the new millennium…
EventSouth African black activist and poet Benjamin Moloise is hanged for allegedly killing a police officer
… upholsterer and poet, Benjamin Moloise was executed by apartheid government on 18 October 1985. Moloise was accused … was involved. The US and the Soviet…
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… These cases contributed to the gradual dismantling of apartheid laws regulating movement and torture, and became part of the process of chipping away of…
Black Student Politics
… the 1970s and 1980s played a pivotal role in eroding apartheid and creating the conditions for the transition to … Africa. However, few works on political…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… African States attach to the speedy eradication of apartheid and its replacement by a united, non-racial and … your predecessor, Mr. Andres Aguilar, of truly…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
… it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly reality of apartheid violence out of sight, the issue of South Africa … P.W. Botha`s hopes will not be realised…
Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
… it was in the hope that by pushing the ugly reality of apartheid violence out of sight, the issue of South Africa … P.W. Botha's hopes will not be realised…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… and opposition to multinational sport as advocated by the apartheid government at the time. The organisation faced severe repression from the apartheid…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… and Conjwayo were granted South African citizenship by the apartheid government just before the fall of apartheid. After the fall of apartheid their release…
EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary anti-Apartheid liberation leader, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, whose … the African National Congress’ (ANC)…
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… also other South African political organizations fighting Apartheid to use Libyan territory for military training. What … movement. Other than the PAC and…
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… Council Europeans and Africans that "Natives" would accept apartheid if it was total segregation. This was apropos … and meant to show that Africans like…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for his strong advocacy of the apartheid system. Botha's political career began when he … his speech intensified the international…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… of the 'surplus people', those that were discarded by the Apartheid system. More than 30 Years after Cosmas Desmond … a unique and extraordinary place to…
Statement at the 50th Session of the OAU Coordinating Committee for the Liberation Of Africa by O. R. Tambo, Harare, 13 May 1988
… monster that has ever stalked the African continent - the apartheid regime of South Africa. It is indeed most … South Africa what next should be done to end…
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… the national liberation struggle against colonialism and apartheid in Africa, (2) the tenth Summit of the … the epoch-making International Trade Union…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… speaks of growing up in a mixed race community during Apartheid, deciding to become involved in the Liberation … from a childhood hallmarked by poverty and…
ArchiveThe National Committee for Liberation (ARM), 1960-1964: sabotage and the question of the ideological subject
… National Committee of the for Liberation (NCL), an anti-apartheid sabotage organisation that existed between 1960 and … reason for its isolation from the…
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
… in international sports events because of its apartheid policies. With apartheid abolished, South Africa was able to send a team to …
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… Ocean. At the time, the Soviet Union was supporting Anti-Apartheid movements like the African National Congress (ANC). … also reiterated Soviet support for…
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… as well as items relating to the armed struggle against apartheid. The museum was opened in 1947 by South Africa’s … is also a wealth of more modern exhibits…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… to criticisms that it was continuing to profit from Apartheid by saying it was proud of its role in South Africa, … the international divestment campaign,…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid through negotiations. Such an eventuality would be … struggle to get together to negotiate an…
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… and seriously, could create the possibility to end apartheid through negotiations. Such an eventuality would be … struggle to get together to negotiate an…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… keep a ready supply of cheap labour under control by the apartheid government. Many groups have begun to be exposed to …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… with SPRO-CAS (Stidy Project on Christianity in an Apartheid Society) begins 1972 Publication of SPRO-CAS …
Journals
… History is now regarded as a dynamic discipline, in apartheid South Africa it tended to be associated with …
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book